APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

Ever consider:
1. Possible non-disclosure agreement?
2. Maybe she didn't get paid enough to land herself a Mercedes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

Ever consider:
1. Possible non-disclosure agreement?
2. Maybe she didn't get paid enough to land herself a Mercedes?

Ever consider she got caught for residency fraud and agreed to drop the matter?

In any event the settlement was likely extremely small, if anything. It’s possible they had a colorable retaliation claim, since in the face of a patently absurd claim like this, people often react poorly. In any event everyone knows what she’s all about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

There was no lawsuit. It was nothing more than a press release and demand for money. And no actual legal claim with any basis whatsoever. If APS had paid this woman off, word would have gotten out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

There was no lawsuit. It was nothing more than a press release and demand for money. And no actual legal claim with any basis whatsoever. If APS had paid this woman off, word would have gotten out.

Wait, Fairfax never actually filed a lawsuit? That’s hilarious. Seriously? She 100% did not get paid if no complaint was filed in a court.

[Anonymous]

I have not read all 50 pages. Which daycare was it?

[Anonymous]

I wish they’d give some type of update. If there was a monetary settlement but no concession of discriminatory conduct, what purpose does it serve to have a non-disclosure agreement? It’s kind of a routine resolution of a nuisance suit, and although it would be a pretty boring update, it would still put this whole thing behind us. If there’s a concession of discrimination, shouldn’t everyone be put on notice that this was actionable conduct? The whole situation was far too publicized to just quietly sweep the resolution under the rug and pretend none of this ever happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

That’s not the way things work in settlements like this. They want to keep the schools reputation from looking any worse when they pay these people off.

Remember when that Black girls hair was cut by those young white supremacists at the school Spence’s wife was working at. In that case, her family got a settlement attorney and she retracted the whole story. Wonder how much they made off that deal?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BTW her daycare cast the only Jewish child at the school to play the Virgin Mary in the Christmas performance about 12 years ago. Should they sue her?

I realize you’re trying to be inflammatory but I dont even understand how that would be discrimination. What’s the theory?

Not the one who made the comment, but....
Since Mary was Jewish, I think the comparison is debatable. Nevertheless, I think the point the poster is trying to make is that it would be offensive for the Jewish child to play the mother of Christ, the mother of the person all of Christianity is based from and on; and Christianity would be offensive to the Jewish child. Just like cotton balls are apparently offensive to Black people, even in a stupid game that makes no reference or implication to cotton picking, the old South, or slavery.

But Mary and Joseph were Jewish. This isn’t the same at all. And I don’t think the child at Gunston was discriminated against, but “the only Jewish child was cast as Mary” doesn’t even make sense as possible discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

That’s not the way things work in settlements like this. They want to keep the schools reputation from looking any worse when they pay these people off.

Remember when that Black girls hair was cut by those young white supremacists at the school Spence’s wife was working at. In that case, her family got a settlement attorney and she retracted the whole story. Wonder how much they made off that deal?

When someone settles a civil lawsuit, they voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The terms of the settlement are often not disclosed (if you’re keeping them confidential and you’re not asking the court to help enforce the settlement agreement), but the fact that you’re dismissing because you settled is disclosed. This would all be a matter of public record, if someone wants to look it up. Again, not the settlement amount, but whether they settled.

[Anonymous]

Whatever has or has not happened as far as a settlement: what goes around, comes around.

The mother at the center of this still has to wake up and be herself every day. And she's ensured her child will forever be attached to this story. He will pay the price, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

That’s not the way things work in settlements like this. They want to keep the schools reputation from looking any worse when they pay these people off.

Remember when that Black girls hair was cut by those young white supremacists at the school Spence’s wife was working at. In that case, her family got a settlement attorney and she retracted the whole story. Wonder how much they made off that deal?

When someone settles a civil lawsuit, they voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The terms of the settlement are often not disclosed (if you’re keeping them confidential and you’re not asking the court to help enforce the settlement agreement), but the fact that you’re dismissing because you settled is disclosed. This would all be a matter of public record, if someone wants to look it up. Again, not the settlement amount, but whether they settled.

Exactly. But the poster above says no civil case was filed, ie, Justin Fairfax did not file a complaint. I have never heard of a pre-filing settlement *for this type of* complaint. I mean, the fact that no complaint war ever filed (if true) convinces me there was no settlement and no money paid. And no one here has linked to a complaint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

That’s not the way things work in settlements like this. They want to keep the schools reputation from looking any worse when they pay these people off.

Remember when that Black girls hair was cut by those young white supremacists at the school Spence’s wife was working at. In that case, her family got a settlement attorney and she retracted the whole story. Wonder how much they made off that deal?

When someone settles a civil lawsuit, they voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The terms of the settlement are often not disclosed (if you’re keeping them confidential and you’re not asking the court to help enforce the settlement agreement), but the fact that you’re dismissing because you settled is disclosed. This would all be a matter of public record, if someone wants to look it up. Again, not the settlement amount, but whether they settled.

Exactly. But the poster above says no civil case was filed, ie, Justin Fairfax did not file a complaint. I have never heard of a pre-filing settlement *for this type of* complaint. I mean, the fact that no complaint war ever filed (if true) convinces me there was no settlement and no money paid. And no one here has linked to a complaint.

Right. No way would a school district bothering settling a case with these weak allegations and paying a settlement without an actual valid complaint. I think APS called their bluff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever has or has not happened as far as a settlement: what goes around, comes around.

The mother at the center of this still has to wake up and be herself every day. And she's ensured her child will forever be attached to this story. He will pay the price, unfortunately.

What price? There is no way his peers give a crap about this. They aren’t taxpayers. They are adolescents who care about sports, the opposite sex, music, and school. He’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, more than nine months have passed since the cotton ball incident in question and still no signs of a lawsuit or settlement payment. Will NAACP ever acknowledge that this was a nothing-burger?

She got paid- one who knows

Yep, I called it as soon as the NAACP sent out a press release while 99% of this thread were in fantasy land claiming this lawsuit would go nowhere.

Not a chance they wouldn’t spread their success story all over. Again, if she got paid, she wouldn’t still be driving her POS.

That’s not the way things work in settlements like this. They want to keep the schools reputation from looking any worse when they pay these people off.

Remember when that Black girls hair was cut by those young white supremacists at the school Spence’s wife was working at. In that case, her family got a settlement attorney and she retracted the whole story. Wonder how much they made off that deal?

When someone settles a civil lawsuit, they voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. The terms of the settlement are often not disclosed (if you’re keeping them confidential and you’re not asking the court to help enforce the settlement agreement), but the fact that you’re dismissing because you settled is disclosed. This would all be a matter of public record, if someone wants to look it up. Again, not the settlement amount, but whether they settled.

Exactly. But the poster above says no civil case was filed, ie, Justin Fairfax did not file a complaint. I have never heard of a pre-filing settlement *for this type of* complaint. I mean, the fact that no complaint war ever filed (if true) convinces me there was no settlement and no money paid. And no one here has linked to a complaint.

Right. No way would a school district bothering settling a case with these weak allegations and paying a settlement without an actual valid complaint. I think APS called their bluff.

That’s good to hear!